Transmission unit



l2 Shets-Shet 1 T. L. FAwlcK TRANSMISSION UNIT Filed Jan.2l. 1922 Jan;24,1928.

1,857,008 @ENCE lT-IOvi'LSl L. BA1/1710K, OF RACINE, 'WISCONSIN'.

' cinsnsrrission Unir.

Application filed January 21, 192

` not limited to use in connection with moto-r vehicles.

'.lhe primary object of the invention ris to simplify and cheapen the structure of a transmission unit capable of performing sev eral different functions employingfduplicate parts as muchas possible. and reducing the number of parts by correlatingthe diderent sub-combinations so that many elements function as part-s of direrent combinations of elements for performing the various functions involved.

The particular functions performed by the motor vehicle unit illustrated. include the transmission of power to the rear axle for moving the vehicle in either direction, and the delivery of power to drive pulleys on one or both sides of the vehicle. j l', empl-oy very simple and rigid mechanisms fora both fund tions, interacting with each other in such a. way as to require a minimum number of additional parte. to correlate the two.

A further object to provide a transmission which works with equal mechanical eilicieney in either direction, forward or reverse.

il. further object is by a Slight modification in dimensions of parts only, to include the additional function of locking the rear wheels together when one wheel loses traction.

vention will become apparent as the description proceeds.

ln the accompanying drawingsz` Figure 1 is a sectional view of the improved transmission, and

2 is a fragmentary detail of a modification,

Fig.. 8 is a section similar to Figure 1 illustrating a. silent chain drive to a one-piece rear axle, and

`Fig. l is a direct gear drive to a one-piece rear axle, similarly illustrated.

ln the embodiment of my invention selected for illustration. the main housing 10 has two sets `of transversely aligned aper tures ii; its sides. one set of apertures receiving duplicate housines 12 extending in opposite directions, and the other set receiving Further objects and advantages of the in- Serial No. 530,791.

`plates 14 co-operating with housings 16 to form enclosures for the rear` live axles 18, and parts associated therewith; Power is delivered to the transmission by a drive shaft 2O from any suitable power plant (not shown). Shaft passes through a cover plate 22 supported by an imperforate diaphragm 24, and equipped with a packing 26 for retaining` lubricant. The entering end of sha-ft 20 is supported in ball bearings 28 mounted in cover plate'22, and terminates in a bevel pinion 30.

Aligned pulley drive shafts 32 extending in opposite directions from the center plane of the machine. carry opposed bevel gears 8e meshing continually with pinion 30to form the well known three-bevel nest. Ball bearings 86 supporting the inner ends of shafts 82 are duplicates of bearings 28, all three bearings being designed to carry the axial thrust exerted by the level gears. Duplicate roller bearings 38 support shafts 32 adjacenttheir outer ends, which ends project beyond the bearings, and are keyed for mounting a drive pulley l() thereon. As such units are hardly ever employed to drive two different machines simultaneously, it is customary to put themin service equipped with only one pulley 40, which can readily be mounted on the endof either shaft- 32. Lubricant-retaining packing's 42 are employed at the outer ends of bearings 88. Packings l2 and 26 `not only retain lubricant but seal the interior of the casing against dust and dirt..

It should be noted, that shaft 20 need not, and usually does not lie in the same plane as that containing shafts 32 and 18, the plane of the transverse shafts being usually inclined forward and upward, so that shafts 82 are at a considerably high-er level than shafts 18, while shaft 20 entends in the general direction of the power plant, `which is usually located in front of, and often slightly below shafts 32. j

Shafts 18 project inwardly through duplicate ball bearings 46. and a plurality of keywavs are formed in the projecting end of each shaft. Duplicate bevel gears 48, one on each shaft, co-operatewith pinions 50, pivoted on pins 52'projecting from aring 54, to form a differential housed in plates 56 and 58. Plates 56 and 58 are duplicates, except that plate 58 is provided with a 4groove receivinga ring 60 for sliding the tif) entire differential parallel to the axis of `eithei' pinion lili; ieiigll iieiifiii tlirecti im.

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ions connected with the aligned bevels, and a differential having a ring gear, said ring gear being shiftable into mesh axially with said spur pinions. i

5. In a device of the class described, aligned axles, a differential connecting said axles, means for sliding said differential parallel to the axis of said axles, and a `plurality of driving means positioned to be engaged selectively by said differential for driving the same in different directions.`

6. In a device of the class described, aligned axles. a differential having` axle engaging members` for driving said aligned axles, and means for sliding said differential axially far enough to bring one axleengaging member thereof into operative cngagement with both axles.

7. In a device of the class described, aligned drive gears, a differential having a peripheral gear mounted to slide into mesh with either drive gear or into a neutral position between them, axles having engage ment with said differential, and means for supporting said differential and axles.

8. In a device of the class described, aligned drive gears, a differential having a peripheral gear mounted to slide into mesh with either drive gear or into a neutral position between them, axles having driving engagement with said differential, and means for supporting said differential and axles, said differential being slidable beyond the three positions above enumerated to bring either live axle drive member thereof into simultaneous engagement with both live axles.

9. In combination, a bevel pinion, a bevel gear in mesh therewith, a spur gear co-axial with said bevel gear and located between said bevel gear and the apex of its cone. and power-receiving means movable into and out of mesh with said spur gear.

1l). In a device of the class described, a three-bevel nest, means for delivering power to one bevel,y and two different means for delivering power from each of the other bevels, one of said two means comprising a shaft carrying said bevel and extending away from said nest for connection to a transmission, and the other means comprisw ing a gear inside the nest carried by the bevel and receiving gear means movable into and out of mesh therewith.

l1. In a device of the class described, in combination, a three bevel nest, individual shafts carrying all three bevels, spur gears carried by the end bevels, and means for deriving rotation therefrom, said means being slidable on a parallel spaced axis for mesh ing with either spur gear.

12. In a device of the class described, in combination, a. three bevel nest, individual shafts carrying all three bevels, spur gears integral with the end bevels and between the same, and power take-off means slidable on a parallel spaced axis for selective meshing engagement with said gears.

13. In a. device of the class described, in combination, a three bevel nest, individual shafts carrying all three bevels, spur gears integral with two end bevels, power take-off means slidable on a parallel spaced axis for selective meshing engagement wit-h said `gears. i

14. In a device of the classv described, `a bevelv nest, spur pinions connected with the aligned bevels, a differential, a peripheral spur gear on said differential, and means for displacing said differential to bring said gear into mesh with a pinion. i i 'Y 15. In combination, a bevel nest, spur pinions connected with the aligned bevels, and a differential having a ring gear adapted to mesh with either one of said spur pinions but only one at a time.

16. In a device of the class described, a drive gear, aligned gears driven simultaneously in opposite directions by said drive gear, a power receiving device including adifferential slidable on an axis offset from that of the aligned gears, and means for sliding said receiving device into position to loe driven. by either aligned gear.

17. In combination, a pair of spur pinions driven simultaneously in opposite directions, a shaft parallel to the axis of said pinions, shiftable gear means adapted to mesh with either of said pinions, and a differential within said gear and operatively connected to a drive element.

18. In combination, a pair of spur pine ions driven simultaneously in op osite di.- rections, a shaft parallel to the axis ofsaid pinions, shiftable gear mea-ns adapted to mesh with either of said pinions, one at a time, and a differential incorporated within said gear and having operative connection with a pair of shafts.

19. In a device of the class described, a bevel nest, a diderential, and means cooperative between the bevel nest and differential in either direction from said bevel nest.

20. In combination, a three bevel nest, means associated with one of the bevels for driving the nest, a pair of power take-off means associated with each of the other bevels, one being inside the nest and the other outside the nest, and differential means movable into operative engagement with both of said power take-off means inside of the said bevel nest.

21. In combination, a three bevel nest, means associated with one of the bevels for drivingthe nest, a power take-0H means assocated with each of the other two bevels disposed inside of the nest, and differential Inennn ummm@ ini() vngn'nnlcn with 110th of Ernirl inkwofl' means inside of The bevel 1105i'.

22. In colnblmolnn pair nf driven ele- '.nents, n dereniinl having u pair of lnfnnn bern for driving mid elements, und means for @anfing n `mov@nmni between the differ- On'in :1nd the .Qt-nid elelnenv; to bring one of Suid mmnlmm info oporntvc cng'ngcnmnl with hnih ri1 said olenfxenn.

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